Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies, ICILS 2020, July 1st 2020, Semarang, Indonesia

Research Article

Legal Advocacy as a Strategy for Agrarian Activism in Indonesia

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.1-7-2020.2303674,
        author={Iqra  Anugrah},
        title={Legal Advocacy as a Strategy for Agrarian Activism in Indonesia},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies, ICILS 2020, July 1st 2020, Semarang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICILS},
        year={2021},
        month={1},
        keywords={legal advocacy legal struggle agrarian activism},
        doi={10.4108/eai.1-7-2020.2303674}
    }
    
  • Iqra Anugrah
    Year: 2021
    Legal Advocacy as a Strategy for Agrarian Activism in Indonesia
    ICILS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.1-7-2020.2303674
Iqra Anugrah1,*
  • 1: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
*Contact email: iqra@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the trajectory of legal struggle for agrarian justice in contemporary Indonesia. Author identifies several currents of legal advocacy in agrarian activism in Indonesia. First position is the liberal view of the rule of law. The second position is the structural approach to legal advocacy, promoted by the next generations of activist lawyers and advocates who integrate class analysis and community organizing in their work. The third strand is what author would call as the populist view of legal advocacy that sees legal struggle as a part of the broader class-based or populist politics.